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Thermal Ablation of Stabilized Zirconia/Metal Coated Polyimide Matrix Composites Via Plasma Spray Process

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Thermal protection coating systems consisting of different bond coats and stabilized zirconia were fabricated on the silica glass fiber reinforced polyimide matrix composites via air plasma spray process. Influence of the different bond coats on thermal ablation resistance of the coating system was investigated. The weight loss of the sample decreased from (7.01 ± 0.42) to (1.93 ± 0.16) %, while the corresponding mass ablation rate of the sample was reduced from 0.48 ± 0.02 to 0.22 ± 0.02 mg s−1, which was attributed to the protection of the coating system with Zn interlayer and partially stabilized zirconia as top layer. After thermal ablation test, failure modes of these coatings were the formation of the cracks or the delamination in the metallic interlayers. Residual stress, thermal stress and further oxidation of the substrate were responsible for the final failure of the coatings.

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This work was financially supported by the projects of NSFC-51402359, Aid Program for Science and Technology Innovative Research Team in Higher Educational Institutions of Hunan Province, and Aid Program for Innovative Group of National University of Defense Technology. The authors gratefully appreciated Prof. Xueqiang Cao and Prof. Zhen Wang for the help with the experiments and discussions.

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    Wenzhi Huang, Haifeng Cheng, Chaoyang Zhang & Yongjiang Zhou

  2. State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, Jilin, People’s Republic of China

    Xueqiang Cao

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Huang, W., Cheng, H., Zhang, C. et al. Thermal Ablation of Stabilized Zirconia/Metal Coated Polyimide Matrix Composites Via Plasma Spray Process. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 35, 587–603 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-015-9612-2

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